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Task 1: Identify the IV & DV… Starter: Write the following research questions in your pink books and identify the IV and DV:  Does caffeine increase alertness?  Does using memory strategy improvements improve memory?  Is smoking related to people’s attitude to risk?  Do males and females differ in their ability to detect when someone is lying?  Does age cause people’s reaction times to slow down?  Is Anorexia caused by the media?  If you work in the City of London are you more likely to be stressed?

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Task 2: Operationalising the IV & DV… Task 2: Now you have identified the IV & DV, state how you will operationalise each IV & DV.  Does caffeine increase alertness?  Does using memory strategy improvements improve memory?  Is smoking related to people’s attitude to risk?  Do males and females differ in their ability to detect when someone is lying?  Does age cause people’s reaction times to slow down?  Is Anorexia caused by the media?  If you work in the City of London are you more likely to be stressed?

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Task 3: Spot the difference… Task 3: Once you have operationalised the IV & DV, think about what is different between the first two statements, in comparison to the final 5...  Does caffeine increase alertness?  Does using memory strategy improvements improve memory?  Is smoking related to people’s attitude to risk?  Do males and females differ in their ability to detect when someone is lying?  Does age cause people’s reaction times to slow down?  Is Anorexia caused by the media?  If you work in the City of London are you more likely to be stressed?

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Learning Objectives  To identify and operationalise the IV and DV in a research question.  To understand the different parts of an experiment;  Aim  Procedure  Findings  Conclusion  Evaluation